diff --git a/src/components/views/PDFViewer.tsx b/src/components/views/PDFViewer.tsx
index 2f9008d..03d00dd 100644
--- a/src/components/views/PDFViewer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/PDFViewer.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ interface PDFOnLinkClickArgs {
 export function PDFViewer({ zoomLevel, onDocumentReady, pdfState }: PDFViewerProps) {
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const [isPageRendering, setIsPageRendering] = useState(false);
+  const [textLayerRenderRevision, setTextLayerRenderRevision] = useState(0);
   const hasSignaledReadyRef = useRef(false);
   const scaleRef = useRef<number>(1);
   const { containerWidth, containerHeight } = usePDFResize(containerRef);
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ export function PDFViewer({ zoomLevel, onDocumentReady, pdfState }: PDFViewerPro
     onDocumentReady?.();
   }, [onDocumentReady]);
 
+  const handleTextLayerRenderSuccess = useCallback(() => {
+    setTextLayerRenderRevision((revision) => revision + 1);
+  }, []);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     hasSignaledReadyRef.current = false;
   }, [currDocId, currDocData]);
@@ -228,6 +233,7 @@ export function PDFViewer({ zoomLevel, onDocumentReady, pdfState }: PDFViewerPro
     parsedDocument,
     resolvedLanguage,
     layoutKey,
+    textLayerRenderRevision,
     isPageRendering,
     clearSentenceHighlightTimeouts,
     scheduleSentenceTimeout
@@ -309,6 +315,7 @@ export function PDFViewer({ zoomLevel, onDocumentReady, pdfState }: PDFViewerPro
     clearWordHighlights,
     highlightWordIndex,
     layoutKey,
+    textLayerRenderRevision,
     clearWordHighlightTimeouts,
     scheduleWordTimeout,
     isPageRendering
@@ -546,6 +553,7 @@ export function PDFViewer({ zoomLevel, onDocumentReady, pdfState }: PDFViewerPro
                       setIsPageRendering(false);
                       markViewerReady();
                     }}
+                    onRenderTextLayerSuccess={handleTextLayerRenderSuccess}
                     onLoadSuccess={(page) => {
                       setPageWidth(page.originalWidth);
                       setPageHeight(page.originalHeight);
@@ -572,6 +580,7 @@ export function PDFViewer({ zoomLevel, onDocumentReady, pdfState }: PDFViewerPro
                       setIsPageRendering(false);
                       markViewerReady();
                     }}
+                    onRenderTextLayerSuccess={handleTextLayerRenderSuccess}
                     onLoadSuccess={(page) => {
                       setPageWidth(page.originalWidth);
                       setPageHeight(page.originalHeight);
@@ -594,6 +603,7 @@ export function PDFViewer({ zoomLevel, onDocumentReady, pdfState }: PDFViewerPro
                       setIsPageRendering(false);
                       markViewerReady();
                     }}
+                    onRenderTextLayerSuccess={handleTextLayerRenderSuccess}
                     onLoadSuccess={(page) => {
                       setPageWidth(page.originalWidth);
                       setPageHeight(page.originalHeight);
diff --git a/tests/navigation.spec.ts b/tests/navigation.spec.ts
index ea193f8..a78275a 100644
--- a/tests/navigation.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/navigation.spec.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,23 @@ test.describe('PDF view modes and Navigator', () => {
     await setupTest(page, testInfo);
   });
 
+  test('restores the active PDF text highlight after narrowing the viewport', async ({ page }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(120_000);
+    await playTTSAndWaitForASecond(page, 'sample.pdf');
+
+    const textLayer = page.locator('.react-pdf__Page__textContent');
+    const textHighlight = page.locator('.pdf-text-highlight-overlay');
+    await expect(textLayer).toHaveCount(1);
+    await expect(textLayer.locator('span')).not.toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(textHighlight).not.toHaveCount(0);
+
+    await triggerViewportResize(page, 615, 796);
+
+    await expect(textLayer).toHaveCount(1);
+    await expect(textLayer.locator('span')).not.toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(textHighlight).not.toHaveCount(0);
+  });
+
   test('switches Single/Dual/Scroll modes and uses Navigator to change page', async ({ page }) => {
     test.setTimeout(120_000);
     // Open PDF viewer